Graphic Novels Recent Picks
November 2009
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French milk, by Lucy Knisley. (2009)
During winter break of her senior year of college, cartoonist Lucy Knisley and her mother embarked on a six-week adventure in Paris to celebrate milestone birthdays: Lucy's twenty-second, and her mother's fiftieth, each angst-inducing for their own reasons. Staying in a small rented apartment with plenty of quirks in the fifth arrondissement, they surprise themselves by falling into their new surroundings with an unexpected ease, content filling their days with visits to the market, cafe, and museums. French Milk tells the story of it all through Lucy's illustrations and photos. (Amazon)
Echo : atomic dreams, by Terry Moore. (2009)
Julie wakes up in a desert motel, wearing a plate of liquid metal that possesses tremendous power. With NSB agent, Ivy, hot on her heels, Julie heeds a voice inside her that says run. Then the killings begin and Julie finds herself face to face with evil, wearing the same metal. (Book cover)
Dogs and water, Anders Nilsen. (2007)
A young man wanders through war-torn tundra accompanied only by a stuffed bear. As he wanders, he encounters various animals and humans who all prove inferior to the lifeless bear as a real companion. Each encounter is more troubling than the last: a bus shows up but a passenger shoots at the narrator. A pack of reindeer try to steal the bear. A human who shows up in the bleak terrain tries to steal the narrator's pack. The narrator is finally accepted by a pack of wild dogs that lives off the remains of both the humans and animals already encountered. (Amazon)
Afro Samurai. Volume 1, Takashi Okazaki. (2008)
In the bleak world of the swordsman, it is said that he who becomes the Number 1 Samurai shall rule the world, and only a Number 2 Samurai is allowed to challenge Number 1. Afro Samurai has assumed the mantle of Number 2, and is seeking vengeance against Number 1, a gunman who killed his father years ago. But assassins lurk at every corner, seeking to rob Afro Samurai of the title of Number 2. Can Afro survive long enough to exact his revenge? (Amazon)
Tamara Drewe, Posy Simmonds. (2007)
Tamara Drewe has transformed herself. Plastic surgery, a different wardrobe, a smouldering look, have given her confidence and a new and thrilling power to attract, which she uses recklessly. Often just for the fun of it. People are drawn to Tamara Drewe, male and female. In the remote village where her late mother lived Tamara arrives to clear up the house. Here she becomes an object of lust, of envy, the focus of unrequited love, a seductress. To the village teenagers she is 'plastic-fantastic', a role model. Ultimately, when her hot and indiscriminate glances lead to tragedy, she is seen as a man-eater, and a heartless marriage wrecker. (Amazon)
Moon Knight : The death of Marc Spector, Mike Benson, writer ; Mark Texeira, artist ; Javier Saltares, layouts ; Dan Brown, colorist ; letterer, Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna. (2009)
The book of Mr. Natural, by R. Crumb. (2005)
The adventures of Blanche, created, written & drawn by Rick Geary. (2009)
Rex Mundi. Book five, The valley at the end of the world, by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon. (2006)
Drop-in, by Dave Lapp. (2008)
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